GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Found 6 definitions

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   Lop (?), n. [AS. loppe.] A flea. [Obs.]  Cleveland.
   
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   Lop (lŏp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lopped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Lopping (?).] [Prov. G. luppen, lubben, to cut, geld, or OD. luppen, D. lubben.]
   1. To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything; to shorten by cutting off the extremities; to cut off, or remove, as superfluous parts; as, “to lop a tree or its branches”. “With branches lopped, in wood or mountain felled.”  Milton.
   
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   Expunge the whole, or lop the excrescent parts. Pope.
   
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   2. To cut partly off and bend down; as, “to lop bushes in a hedge”.
   
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   Lop, n. That which is lopped from anything, as branches from a tree.  Shak. Mortimer.
   
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   Lop, v. i. To hang downward; to be pendent; to lean to one side.
   
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   Lop, v. t. To let hang down; as, “to lop the head”.
   
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   Lop, a. Hanging down; as, “lop ears”; -- used also in compound adjectives; as, “lopeared; lopsided.”
   
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